On August 26 2018 14:09 WindWolf wrote:This year has tought me one thing for sure; always take (e)sports predictions with a huge grain of salt.

This year?

Well, this has always been the case. Recent bias for me I guess

But I have to agree with earlier posts in this thread; Liquid writers are generally not that good at writing predictions (See also their review of the Hearthstone expansion League of Explorers), if they do it at all. And if Power Ranks aren't`supposed to be about predictions, why not just post the DPC-standings instead?

Is this power rank particularly bad or is Dota just inherently unpredictable? Out of the first 3 pages, only KalWarkov had a reasonably accurate post, and he just listed overrated/underrated rather than trying to rank the teams.

On August 27 2018 03:09 jalstar wrote:Is this power rank particularly bad or is Dota just inherently unpredictable? Out of the first 3 pages, only KalWarkov had a reasonably accurate post, and he just listed overrated/underrated rather than trying to rank the teams.

OG being #18 when winning makes it look worse than it is. Rabidch did the stats and it was something like 59% accurate, which is one of our better power rank performances.

It's not even that bad of a prediction if you read the text rather than just look at the ranking.

OG was a team going into the International with a recently shaken up roster, changed up roles, and who had only played in the TI qualifier and one show match. Jerax was the only player left in the same position as the roster after resolut1on left. There's no other reasonable way to rate a team like that.

On September 11 2018 18:15 Salazarz wrote:Yea I mean it's funny to troll about the power rank, but anyone's gonna have a hard time convincing me they 'knew' or 'expected' OG win, regardless; and OG aside the rankings were really not that bad.

Well this powerrank mainly gets the attention because the last place ended up winning which is a rare thing even for power-ranks.

The very first time Ana-Topson roster was announced i thought it would something especially after following them in the EU qualifiers but i didn't actually think they would actually win TI. I just thought that if they kept their roster together after TI there was potential.

On September 11 2018 18:15 Salazarz wrote:Yea I mean it's funny to troll about the power rank, but anyone's gonna have a hard time convincing me they 'knew' or 'expected' OG win, regardless; and OG aside the rankings were really not that bad.

Let me quote myself. This was in the middle of the qualifiers

On June 25 2018 02:52 LemOn wrote:WowAna voted MvPbut I had his 1st player perspectiveAnd any player would be a superstar Thet 2-4stack ancients, ce6 damages em with axesAnd ana comes in to just get last hits Over and over again

He actually messed up, missing CS, dive wrong time, didn't go with the team when they pushed rax, WITH AEGIS (lol) But OG are the best enablers ever, even losing fly didn't harm them, And they finally have someone to enable

I think this is a strong top8 TI contender

The writers simply didn't watch them play closely and how the team chemistry works or they'd be somewhere around 8th place in PowerRank and just skimmed the results

Pretty sure they won't make the same mistake next year haha

Much is the father figure that I miss in my life. Go Daddy! DoC.LemOn, LemOn[5thF]